As I browse through various posts, I realize that there are a few which claims that we should expect a monthly salary of around $4000.
Is it possible for a fresh grad with minimal working experience to command such a salary?
Even the Graduate Employment Survey indicates that the average starting salaries:
NUS Laws – $4,770 ($5,000)
SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,547 ($4,950)
NUS Medicine and Surgery – $3,852 ($4,000)
SMU Business Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,750 ($4,000)
SMU Accountancy Cum Laude and above – $3,625 ($3,800)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,579 ($3,700)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,479 ($3,875)
SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) – $3,474 ($4,000)
NUS Architecture – $3,445 ($3,700)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) – $3,429 ($3,700)
Graduate Employment Survey 2010 (published 2011) | Salary.sg - Your Salary in Singapore
How then can $4000 be a reasonable amount?